Penn State York Chancellor David W. Chown plans to retire as chancellor of Penn State York effective Aug. 1. Chown has served the campus and Penn State for a little more than five years.
Penn State York will take on Penn State Mont Alto in a single, nine-inning baseball game beginning at 1 p.m. April 22. The matchup was originally scheduled as two, seven-inning games, but due to scheduling issues because of extended inclement weather this spring, it has been decided that this will be a single game. The game is free and open to the public.
Registration is now underway for summer sessions at Penn State York. Two six-week sessions offer students the opportunity to take day, evening or online classes. Some classes also may combine online with face-to-face instruction.
Don’t miss the crack of the bats — catch the Penn State York baseball team in action on Sunday, April 22, when they take to the field at PeoplesBank Park, home of the York Revolution. This doubleheader, at 1 and 3 p.m. against Penn State Mont Alto, is free and open to the public.
Penn State York honors the academic achievements and service of its outstanding students, faculty and staff for the 2017-18 year at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 22, during the 47th annual Academic Awards Ceremony. The event will take place at Heritage Hills Golf Resort, 2700 Mt. Rose Ave., York, Pennsylvania. More than 80 academic and service awards will be presented during the program.
Penn State York will honor its student-athletes at the Annual Athletic Awards Banquet on Thursday, April 11 at 6 p.m. The banquet will take place on the stage at the Pullo Family Performing Arts Center (The Pullo Center) on campus.
Each year, Penn State recognizes outstanding faculty and staff with annual awards in teaching and excellence. The invitation-only ceremony for the 2018 awards was Tuesday, April 3, at University Park.
Nichola D. Gutgold, professor of communication arts and sciences at Penn State Lehigh Valley; Charlotte Eubanks, associate professor of comparative literature and Japanese/Asian studies in the College of the Liberal Arts; and Anne Vardo-Zalik, associate professor of biology at Penn State York; have received the Alumni/Student Award for Excellence in Teaching and have been named 2018 Penn State Teaching Fellows.
Mary “Shelly” Drabik, administrative support assistant in the Department of Enrollment Services at Penn State York, has been honored with the 2018 Support Staff Award.
Don’t miss “The Poetry of York, Laureates Past and Present” set for Thursday, April 5, at Penn State York. The noon-hour program features Vito Grippi, York’s current poet laureate, and three of the city’s previous laureates, Christine Lincoln, Carla Christopher and Carol William. The program, in the Lee R. Glatfelter Library on campus, is free and open to the public.
